Checksum.computeChecksumForString

Computes the checksum of a string.

The hexadecimal string returned will be in lower case.

class Checksum
static
string
computeChecksumForString
(
GChecksumType checksumType
,
string str
,
ptrdiff_t length
)

Parameters

checksumType GChecksumType

a #GChecksumType

str string

the string to compute the checksum of

length ptrdiff_t

the length of the string, or -1 if the string is null-terminated.

Return Value

Type: string

the checksum as a hexadecimal string. The returned string should be freed with g_free() when done using it.

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Since

2.16